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2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$22,186 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,755 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Drama & Theater Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 56 degrees and certificates were awarded to drama and theater arts students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #78 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Missouri to see which programs offered the best value experiences for theater students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges.

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Drama & Theater Arts

$8,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in Missouri for drama and theater arts students. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO
$18,640 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lindenwood University are $18,640 a year.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Lindenwood University Report

#3

Stephens College

Columbia, MO
$24,570 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list. Stephens is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Stephens undergraduate students pay an average of $24,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Stephens also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at Stephens College

$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.

Mizzou also made our Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #4.

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$11,271 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMKC are $11,271 a year.

Read full report on Drama & Theater Arts at University of Missouri - Kansas City

$58,866 Average Tuition & Fees

Washington University in St Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for drama and theater arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WUSTL are $58,866 per year.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our Best Drama & Theater Arts Schools in Missouri rankings.

Full Drama & Theater Arts at Washington University in St Louis Report

Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Drama & Theater Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 11
Iowa 30
Kansas 4
Nebraska 4
North Dakota 0
South Dakota 2

One of 9 majors within the area of study, drama and theater arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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